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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Paper s,April 7, 1826. , OWE TIMES,] The return of the day on which the accounts of the quarter's revenue are usually made up, and exhibited--whether in a garbled form, or, as less frequently happens, in their true and na tural colours—to the nation, is in feverish times expected with a good deal of uneasy curiosity. he accounts which were yesterday furnished by Government, present on the face of them, a con siderahle reduction of income, and at the same time deserve to be looked at with no small sus picion and distrust. There are three points of view in which a prudent individual, not enjoying the comfort of a fixed income, would consider his receipts for any given period of the year. Ist, in comparison with an equal portion of a former year; 2d, in comparison with his own estimates of what his income would be ; 3d, and this is the most important of all—in comparison with his regular expenses. So far as concerns the first of these standards, in reference to the income of the public, it is obvious how little cause there exists for congratulation, when there appears on the filte main sources of our permanent revenue a de ficiency, as follows, viz.:— Customs and Excise, together • Stamps . • Taxis Post office . £554,228 127,887' 138,508 4,000 1:021,623 Here, then, is a falling off upon the staple articles of. revenue—those, moreover, which have more than once been exultingly-, and not unjustly, re ferred to as tests of the comforts enjoyed by the' people—a falling off at the rate of 3,300,000/. per annum . It is, indeed , declared, that in an item termed " Nliscellaneons," ass increase upon the last quarter has been apparent of 111,8241. What, then, (10 the articles composing this finals cial miscellany Consist of ? Are they such as can be -relied on for their permanency ? Are they in • come, or are they mere incidents ? God-sends, which visit us once in our lives, such as the Aus trian compOsitiowof 3s. its the pound, to disap pear for ever amidst the gilding and ornamental upholstery of a palace! We fear there may' be some such evanescent additions among, the " mis cellaneous"- of the past quarter ; for, in truth, we find a distinct item described as Money on account of a treaty with the King of the Netherlands, which ought to have been paid in the yens preceding Money received on account of Irish tokeLs £lOO,OOO 76,166 176,30 So that between this minor Dutch God-send, and the other—which, by the way, is of a species of GOd-sond that very rarely comes from Ireland, and neither of which will ever he seen again— there an accidental addition of 176,0001.t0 the expired quarter, which s‘vallons up the alleged increase, and relives an actual deficit of:nearly. '35,0001. to bout. Let it he observed, likewise, that the whole of the Dutch God-send has been thrown into the last tirctrter, artificially to swell its amount., When we take the second. aspect under which we set out with stating, that the revenue of a man, er a Government, ought to be looked tit—namelY, the comparison of what is realized with what was promised--it is fair to iturn over the printed speech of the Chancellor" of tithe Exchequer, When he opened his, budget a few weeks ago.. The Right honourable Gentleman told the country, that he would' estimate the total falling off upon the Excise and Customs, for' the year 1826, at 1 `.150,0001., for the kiss by taxes reduced in 1825 ;: and at, 2.d1y,1,300,0001. for diminished consumption ; one-fourth of which gross decrease l ,ellowing the whole toss for re• duced taxes to fall on the first quarter, would he 675,0001., while the , actual decrease on the quarter is. foiled , to. 4.e or about 121,0001. less than the &cline which Mr. Robin son expected. Rut in; i itamps the estimated de• ficit for the year was 476001., while the real de! fiat for the quarter is 0.7,000/. Again, the assessed taxes were estimated by Mr. Robinson to fat! off, during' the year by 191,0001.„ whereas the real falling 'off Ibr a single quarter has (teen 138,000/. The .only single article of revenue in' which Mr. Robinson duos not appear, from the evidepCe of the quarter,. to have entertained and held out false boxes to the country, was the Post-office; and though the sum is Of little mo ment, we held ,it but fair to state the fact. lie said the falling off in the receipts of the Post. 4,ce would be'45,000/., which would affix a loss upon each quarter of '1,2501., whereas the actual decl e ine,, in put -revenue hag: been but 4,000/ IfOwever,, under .the head of Customs and Ek• case, , there lur * lts ti, circunistatice deserving mtire grave, consideration~ thati any 'which we yet have -nentioned. In Mr',Rebinson's budgeGspeech, it is said that.for the two months of hest Janiiury and Fektroary i , the total falling off in the de. ;Ailment, of Excise revenue upon certain articles, in -which the ,taxation had -not been reduced, was 2,3891., and on articles of the taxation had been rediitt.d,lo2,6oo/.7 - total, 1 0 4 13 91 . ; but the total deficit for the quarter under tint head of Custmns and Excise together, „4,54 1 09.01. ; from which, if there' be deducted the, off of the above: two nioeths—viz. 104',3f301, —leaves a deficit for the month of March of not less than 4419,1i391,, being in the proporileu of snore than five t»illions sterling pertilinum. Now ineening, as indeed we call haliejt . o otlu r 114010011, to ,state this last cal culation with all ,the fairness due both to this Minister and . the public, we must admit that the eomparison between the Cinitiiiii-house turns for .the,t,wo first mouths of 105 . 'and 1826 respectively, is wanting to verify the state. inebt,in all its path ; but a separate account of Customs Mr. Robinson himself, ce o r e is e d impossib:lity of disentangling from that• of the F 4x 4ige,,itt respect Of those - artitleS tranferred - from One departneent to the other for ti,e period'above referred to. Upon the general estimates for the e pbaerve that Mr Robinson takes credit tor a 4ross rec ei p t of FAcise. and Customs. to the Stq,o_f_3y,44G,oool., which would' yield a re. irieau i t pat, ; quarter of 91351,0001., whereas tie a.a twarecelpts of the quarter,. under the Joint tiered of Excise and CUSIOaiS, IS no more than ► about 7,300,0001., presenting a deficit in the quarter, as compared with the estimate, of 2,080,0001. ; and in the year of no less than 8,320,0001. sterling ! So much for the speeches of a Finance - Minister ! If we pass to the third point which appears to call for notice—we mearr the comparison between reve nue and expenditure, the former of which is ob viously on the decline—let us ask, is our expen.' diture also declining? or does the least symptom shew itself of a disposition to contract our scale of luxurious indulgence to the limit of our nar rowed fortunes ? Such a proof of wisdom and integrity, we grieve to remark, is not exhibited in a solitary Instance by the King's Govern ment. All our public departments, without exception, are on the increase, whilst all branches of Revenue are falling off; and what is the consequence ? Look at the Consoli dated- Fund, the income and charge on which may be described as containing the balance-sheet of the national accounts. - It appears, if - 'we can understand the hieroglyphical characters in which its secrets are communicated—it appears, we repeat, to be progressively more adverse to the country every day. The balance on the debit side increases fearfully : the deficiency bills are grow ing into monsters, more • voracious in every suc cessive account. The sum advanced and payable out of the growing produce was, On the Ist of January, 1825, but - X 1,550,270 Ist January, 1026 5,548,1117 sth April, ditto, - 6,430,074 But we have already overstepped the hounds of an article, and shall revert to • this branch of the subject to-morrow. [MORNING HERALD.] It is common - enough at the present day to contrast with each other the man of business and the theorist. When. they are opposed, if corn potent persons in their respective ways, the mat ter, may be doubtful. But where they coincide on n given subject, they can hardly be mistaken. This coincidence is observable between Sir Robert Pee-I, a Mall of business, of great expe rience, on a large scale—and one of the most clear-sighted nod passionless of theorists — Hume. The opinion of Sir 'Robert Peel on the subject of the currency appeared in the Herald the' other day, and must be recollected by all who have per Used it. The main point is, that he thinks gold is as uncertain and perious a medium as paper—that from various causes it may disappear—and that to have an adequate medium for the actual demands of the trade of the country there must be issues of paper by parties whose credit and competency should be made to rest upon their giving security for their bills or notes in- circula Lion, in Inod, funds, canals, or other available property. The following is the opinion of Hume, in his " Essay on the Balance of Trade :"—" It must be confess ed, that as all these questions of trade and motley are extremely complicated, there are certain lights in which this subject may be placed, so ,as to represent the advantages of paper credit and banks to be superior to tlrrir " disktivantages." That they banish specie and bullion out of a State is true—and whoever looks no jnrther than this circumstance does well to condemn them—hut specie and nut ,* are not of so great consequence ns not to ad. mit of a compensation ; and even an overbalance Irvin the increase of industry and credit which may he promoted by the right use of paper money. It is well known of what advantage it is to a merchant to be able to discount his bills upon occasion ;, and every thing that facilitates this species of traffic is favourable to the general commerce of a state. But private bankers are enabled to give such credit by the credit they receive from the depositing of money in their shops ; and the Batik of England, in like manner, from the liberty it has of issuing its notes in all payments. There was an invention of this, kind, which was fallen upon some years ago by the Bank of EdinbUrgh,and which, as it is one of the most ingenious ideas that has been executed in commerce has also been thought advantageous to Scotland. It is.. there called a bank credit, and is of this nature—a man goes to the bank and finds surety to the amount, we shall sup poSe, of one thonsnnd pounds ; this money, or any. part of it, he has the liberty of drawing out when he pleases, and he pays only the ordinary interest for it while it is in his hands.. lie may •repay any sum so SOlllll as 301., and'the interest is discounted from the very. day of repayment. Ti r e atlyantages resulting from' this contrivance are manifold. As a man may find surely to near the without of his whole substance, and his Mink credit is equivalent to ready money, I;liireliallt does hereby in a manner COIN his houses, his househOld furniture,' the goods in his warehouse, the •foreign debts due to him, his ships at see, and can, upon occasion, 'employ them in all payments, as if they were the current money of the country. The coincidence in the foregoing is manifest. The man of business and the philo sopheragree that the currency should keep puce 'with the demands of trade, that paper circulation ;shine i4eflicieet for this purposet,and that paper t . credit is to be' secured, ,not by its being made conyertible, at discretion into gold, but by its 'ping the bona fide representative of property, in and, funds, goods,—or what flume calls the substance of which a man is. possessed." CHILIMEN.S CAULs. --lt is Surpri4llg What 1111.1• perstitious ideas exist ()Vets in the minds of some of the better classes of society, on the ridiculous subject of Children's Canis, which cannot be more strongly proved than by the extraordinary high prices they sell at, and the almost daily ad• sertisements of them in the public papers.. Ten, fifteen, and twenty guineas a• piece are common prices for such an article. The 'vulgar itnpres. sion is, that the possessor of one of those cauls is by - it protected above all accident " by flood and field," but more particularly against the C;I• sualty of drowning, which'makes it very popular' mono the seafaring portion of the .community. Petlitips it may not be a hint out of place to all whom it' May concern, to inform them, that arti. fielak cants,: which are sold as genuine natural ones, are commonly made at the cost of sixpence each, from some internal membrane of a cat or dog, or other animal % useless except. fur this pur pose. THE SILK TRADE. Yesterday a Meeting of the Journeymen Silk Weavers residing in Spite Melds took place at Mr. MtErti z IE% Chapel, Mile End New Town, for the purpose, as the requisi tion stated, of taking into consideration the report of the Com mittee on the business now before Parliament, respecting the repeal of the prohibitory laws, and other matters connected with the trade—Mr. MONK, Chairman. _ The assemblage, and the discussion which took place, were the most cheering we have witnessed for some time past, and evinced that the persons connected with this important branch of our manufacture begin to hope for a more improved trade, and are not alone satisfied, but grateful, for the modifications now in progress through Parliament, in the provisions of the Act of 1824. The business commenced by Messrs. JONES and WALLACE, members of the Committee, giving an account of what had been its operations since its appointment. They set out by stating, that in pursuance of their instructions their petition was presented to Parliament, praying that the Actof 1824 might, previous to its coming into force,: be referred to a Committee, to ascertain how far it would injure the interests of the silk manufacture. Their request, however, notwith standing the most unremitting exertions to procure suppor ters for it, in and out of Parliament, had not been complied with, and Mr. Iluskisson bore them down with a most trium phant majority. On this defeat, which had almost the effect of paralysis, they were about giving up all expectation of re ceiving any consideration from the Government, when their spirits were revived by its being intimated by the Right Honourable Charles Grant, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, that his Majesty's Ministers were most anxious to do every thing in their power to ameliorate their condition, and that with this view a Bill would be introduced, making con siderable alterations in the mode of collecting the duties, which they imagined would completely abolish the grievances now complained of. That Bill, they said, had been since intro duced, read a second time, and printed, for the purpose (as Mr. Grant informed them) of their digesting such alterations, previous to its being passed into a law, as they might think beneficial to the trade. They (the Committee), however, Aid not offer any obser vations or suggest any improvements, not thinking them selves then authorized to do so, as they were exclusiv'ely ap pointed to conduct the business connected with the petition, and no other. If, however, the journeymen should think fit that they ought still to act for the trade (and their being called together that day was for the purpose of considering its propriety), they were willing to go forward in the task ; and the . . more particularly so, as they were of opinion that the Act which they alluded to'did away with almost. all the objectionable and destructive results which would arise from that of 1824, if car ried into execution. The SECRETARY then proceeded to read to the Meeting the Act as now proposed, anti which bears the title of " A Table of Duties on Silk:Goods." This, it was observed, would not alone be most beneficial to the trade, but would be also ex tremely productive to the revenue, inasmuch as it would pre vent the losses the latter must experience, either fm frau dulent invoices, which estimated the property a ro t a much lower rate than it was virtually worth ; or from the ignorance of Custom-house officers, who could not possibly know its va lue. The gentlemen of the Committee, after going though the various favourable results which would ensue from the new Bill, each of which they explained in .a clear' and satisfactory manner, and acknowledging the kindness and attention they had experienced from Mr. liteskisson, Mr. Grant, and the other members of his Majesty's Ministry, reminded the Meet ing, that the present Act was For a definite period, extending only to the Session after It when it would naturally expire; whereas the one from whence they anticipated the total destruc tion of their trade would have beets perpetual. This was well worthy of their attention ; fur at the end of that time, it' it did not produce those benefits which they expected, a remedy might Wobtalned, to devise which they would have the advantage of experience. A Journeyman asked it' the Committee had consulted the manufacturers on the Bill which had been then read P • Mr. JortEs replied that they had not. They were appointed by the journeymen for another purpose; but lie had reason to think OW they did approve of it. It was then moved, seconded, and unanimously carried, that the Committee be empowered to go forward until the business in Parliament is fully settled. After which, thanks being voted to the Committee and Chairman, the meeting broke up, under the influence of happy and grateful feelings. EQUITABLE LOAN BANK. COMPANY A numerous body of the Shareholders of the above Company assembled yesterday at the City of London Tavern. The Meeting was advertised to take place at twelve o'clock„ and at that hour a good number of gentlemen entered the room. The attendance was increasing until one o'clock, When a Mr. )(owls, a Shareholder, stepped forward, and in quired whether any gentleman was present who had convened the Meeting? No reply being made, Mr. Vigors then said he would read to the Meeting a ,short account of how he under mood the funds of the Company were circumstanced. It appear ed. the _amount receivedits deposits on shares t _by Messrs. Fry and Chapman, was 16,8101:, and by Messrs. 'SPOOner ant Attwood 13,6001., and that the Shares allotted to Directors, Auditors, and other Officers, were to the value of 9,0001. It also appeared that there was 590/. worth not issued ; conse quently the deposits were not paid on 'them, making in the whole 40,0001. The actual sum received from the public is 30,410/. Now how does this sum seem to be accounted for ? At the bankers there appears to be a balance of 691.195., and for the purchase of the College of Physicians they were entitled to credit for 16,803/. Os. ; now the Shareholders were anxious to ascertain what became of 13,5361. 15s. ; that is, assuming that the purchase of the College of Physicians was made pro:. Visors) and under a correct delegated authority. He (51r. Visors) considered one of the chief objects to which the at. , tentton of the Shareholders ought to be directed was to in: quire how the 13,5361,13 x. has 'been expended. It was rather a novel circumstance in this concern, that instead of having a our credit, the concern was in debt 2,892/. an d w h a t formed a portion of that s um were the i2s. }arse u b d a „ lance to fol lowing extraordinary items ;—.515/, to the build e rs, 100 gu i neas fo to the gleckinakcr ; even the clerks' sal a rie s were claimed by them ; nor ar e the c o a l s p a id rplate not , paid-1336 . I_Bl,l2is . for, nor the share books; and ,yet there is due by the 30 Direc tors the deposits on their. ahares, which amount to 9,0001; how. ever, he should not for the present touch upon.that , subject, as it would become amatter,fur futtire c,onsideration. • A SitanEitot.Ditn inquired whether, in the MOM. charged for' the pinch:lse of the College of Physicians, the builder's pre sent claim is included. Mr. VIGOKS said, it did not appear it was. Ile then said, he would read the names of the Directors who had taken and paid the deposits on their portion of the shares allotted to them ; among whom were--Messrs. Lushington, Barrett, Dunstan, Carr, Cresswell, Lory, Surtees, Attwood , Mud. &c. &c And he would also read the names of those who had not taken theirs .he then read the navies of Sir Richard Birnie; Knt. ; Alder men Drydges, Key and Garrett; Messrs. Brogden, klerries, Holmes, Smyth, C. Glynn, &c. ; out of twenty-three Di. rectors there were thirteen Itlembers of Parliament. It would be reasonably presumed, that having such men as Directors they would be anxious to come forward, and give every ex. planation as to the affairs of the Company. Quite the con. Arary i there did not seem to be the slightest disposition mani, felted by those Gentlemen, though frequently applied 'to, both professionally and personally, to call a meeting for the purpose. - The last official document that appeared was a circular, which seemed to come from the Chairman, Sir William Congreve. The letter of Sir William Congreve, and the circular, having been read, Mr. Vicious said, he came to the meeting as the represen tative of several Shareholders, who held several thousand Shares ; and he thought the best that could he done was to appoint a Committee, to make arrangements for the calling of a General Meeting of the Shareholders, to see and p reva il on the Directors to come f orw ard, and give the shareholde rs som e ac count of what b ecam e of their property. flit Vi ors was then voted into the Chair, and a Reaolution was passed, giving notice of a 111eeting to be convened for a future day.—Thari'ks were then voted to the Chairtnan t and the Meeting separated. It was stated at the Meeting, that John Smyth, Esq. M.P. had declined acting as a Director; consequently he could not in any Way be identified with the concerns of the Qom par., POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-lIIILI.. CHARGE or Mu RDER..—Yesterday thiioffice VMS crowded to excess, in consequence of the examination of a man who was charged on suspicion of having murdered his wife. The pri- Boner's name is James Keaton, an Irish labourer. He was taken into custody the preceding night at his lodgings, in Uni corn-court, leadiniont of Kent-street; in which. place a great number of the lower classeaof Ireland' reside. On being placed at the bar, he did not evince the slightest degree of alarm or agitation at the situation irr which he then stood—namely, that of being the suspected murderer of his own -wife. The follow ing was the evidence taken against the accused, before the Magistrates present, M. SWADEY, R. HEDGER, and D. KING, Esqrs.:— • George Alaisey, night-constable of St. George's, deposed as follows .—On Wednesday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, from information which was brought to me' at the watch-house, I went, accompanied by Kirby, and another constable, to a house occupied by the prisoner, in Unicorn court, in Kent-street, in the parish of St. Mary, Newiog= ton, where 'I found the prisoner sitting in the front room, down stairs, in company with several other persons, smok ing and drinking. I and Kirby asked him to go up stairs with us, anti he followed us into the one pair of stairs front room, and we there found from ten to a dozen men and women in that room ; they appeared to be consulting together. There was a bed in the room ; and upon the bed we found the body of the prisoner's wife covered with a blanket. Prisoner was present when I and Kirby examined the body, and found that the deceased had received two despe rate blows over the left temple , . apparently by some blunt in strument. The deceased's skull was dented in. She had re ceived another blow over the right temple, and on various parts of her body marks of violence appeared. There was blood flow ing from her mouth, and the body was quite cold. I asked the prisoner, in the presence and hearing of Kirby, how the de ceased came by the two blows on the left temple. Prisoner re plied that she had received the two blows on the left temple by falling out of bed, and striking against the screws of the bed stead. I then examined the bedstead, and found there were no screws against which she could have struck her head ; neither could she have fallen out of bed, as described by the prisoner, the bedstead being close to the wall, which was the side pointed out by him, from which he said the deceased had rolled out. Maisey added, that he instantly took the prisoner into custody ; but before he took him away to the watch-house, he minutely examined the apartment, in order, if possible, to discover the instrument by which the wounds on the deceased's head ap peared to have been inflicted, but he found nothing at that time that could have produced the two marks or wounds in her left temple, both of which were not more than , a quarter of an inch asunder, and seemed to have penetrated the skull. At the conclusion of the above statement, the prisoner ex pressing an anxiety to speak, the Magistrate recommended him strongly not to say . any thing at the present stage of the in vestigation, intimating that should he not take the advice now given him, whatever he said would be taken down, and probably used against him at a future period. The prisoner not appearing to understand what die whorthy Magistrate had suggested to him, Mr. Staples, the chin' clerk, explained it to him thoroughly, when the prisoner, notwithstanding the eau. dots, said' he was determined on speaking, as he did not wish to state any thing but the real truth. Mr. SWAHEY —Then if you are determined on doing so contrary to the advice that has been given you, it is certainly my duty to hear you, and also direct that which you 'are about to utter to be taken down. Prisoner then, declaring that he meant to' speak nothing but the truth, proceeded as follows :—On Tuesday night I. cane home between nine and ten o'clock. I had been informed by some of the neighbours in the court, that My wife - had been over the water with a sailor for prize-money, and had drank.five or six glasses of gin. l'hen I ,came home she was sitting in a chair at the door, and the sailor was in bed in our room. lie was a poor man, and 1 gave him liberty to sleep there. My wife asked me if I would have any supper, and I had some, and went to bed, and she went to bed also, and the next morn ing I got up at six.o'clock to go to my Work, and she wits then lying in the bed upon her leftande. She was very ill, and heaving out what she had had to drink. 1 said to her' It serves you right—what do you drink so for ?" She made me no answer, and I dressed myself immediately, and went off to the water works. I stopped there till very near eight o'clock, and then went home to breakfast. The windows and the door being shut, I knocked at the latter to get in, tipon which the woman that lodges with us mite down stairs and let me in. She told stairs u n i my i nut w ose i . f : e a l n • id ro om , as y r ft.e y i elwi b rda a; ti. lying; plhe wai stairs, an who aid n.litr left s h ai dsilnep t e, l : l )t a ‘klvll t ieii. e in tee th rersen:lntioaeei and r dP i t l on h ri t edt u o nder the bedstead against the wall. 1 to she made me no answer, upon which I and the two women lifted her up ; and a man who works in the. Dover road came in to his breakfast and 1 desired him to - go directly and fetch a doctor. I spoke to the deceased several times, but could get no answer. She kept frothing at the mouth, and threw up.a great quantity of liquor. , I stopped there until nine or half-past nine o'clock with the two women. About a fortnigh, • before that, my wife had a fit end fell out of bed, and hurt herself very much, which the neighbours could prove, and which would ac count for the bruises on her body. The prisoner having ended his statement, which was taken down verbatim by the chief clerk, the Magistrate suggested the absolute necessity of snakin g still further search tor the weapon dint was likely to have inflicted the wounds in the de ceased's temples. Maisey, the constable, who is an efficient and intelligent officer, having, as before stated, examined the premises mi nutely, hoit recollected that the wounds might have been cause by violent kicks. He therefore proceedEntinto the slip where the prisoner mood, and having taken the shoe off his right foot, discovered two bob-nails with the heads projecting out a considerable distance beyond the toes. Upon examining the shoe, marks of blood were distinct on the stile between the two nails spoken of. The Magistrate immediately directed the constable to pro ceed to the prisoner's house, and ascertain whether it was probable the two wounds on the deceased's left temple might have been inflicted by a kick from a shoe, which, from its ap pearance, was calculated to give as mortal a wound as a ham mer. In the interval during the constable's absence, the pri soner manifested no apprehension of fear, and smiled at the idea of its being supposed that there were marks of blood upon his shoe. He said it was impossible, for he had never kicked any one, let alone his wife. On Maisey's return from Unicorn-court, he said that he had compared the two nails hi the prisoners shoe with the wounds on the deceased's temple. The beads of the nails and the dis tance between them exactly agreed, and he had not the slightest doubt but that. they corresponded; and in fact directly.fitted Into the wounds on her right and left temples. He added that he had no doubt but that the deceased's death was occasioned by violent kicks from the Shoe, the nails of which projecting so far out at the toe-part, struck into her skull, and made the marks which were so conspicuous on both her temples. The shoe was produced. It was of amazing thickness. par ticularly the sole, and the two nails which were in the front part of the sole projected considerable beyond the toe part. The 31agistrate, on bearing the above facts, said, that the case was made still stronger against the prisoner, who made rib remark at the observation. Ile was then remanded for further examination. • It was with difficulty the prisoner was conveyed to Horse. monger-lane gaol, in consequence of the immense multitudes of his own country-people, who filled the street in front of the office. The deceased was the prisoner's third wife. His son, by a former wile, was at the bead of a gang of thieves that infested this district some timeago, and was tried, convicted, and stn. tented to be hanged ; but the sentence was afterwards coni muted into transportation tbr life. The prisoner is represented to have used all his wives with great cruelty. Turner, Richard friari: aLpl3oOrtßarOiUnGille-SsTerßvEiceElali.. upholsterer. in Bond-street, was brought to the office upon a warrant, charged with an indecent exposure of his person.to a young female, named Sarah Gunter, also in the service of 3lr. Turner. The complainant described the nature and manner of the offence as committed by theytisoner on Monday last. and w hi c h she said was only a repetition of shnilar misconduct on the part of the priioner towards her 3 years ago, which, how ever, at that time she overlooked, not wishing to appear upon such a subject at a public office.' The, prisoner positively denied the charge altogether, but was held to bail accordingly. A WOMAN WHIPPED TO DEATH.— An Inquest was heid in, Stafford county, Virginia, lat ly : on the body of a negro woman, and a verdict was returned that she came to her death by excessive w p ping .—(diner kart Poper.) DEATH OF MR. FAULKNER, OF THE THEATRES YORK, LEEDS, &c. (Pram the Leeds Independent.) We have apainful duty to:perform this week, in announcing the premature death of 211 r. Faulkner, one of the Managers of our Theatre, which took place at York on Saturday last. The following are .the patcular! which have ! tached us, and we • P - have every reason to believe they are perfectly authentic On Saturday morning, about' half-past seven o'clock, a hat and stick were discovered on the banks of the river,'a little dis tance from the Well-house, on the New Walk. The manner in which they were found,' precluded the idea of their being placed there by accident; the conjecture that some one had come to an untimely end was immediately adopted and proved too correct. The man who found the hat and stick alarmed a person named Clarke, who lives at a small house in the Walk: he soon after commenced dragging the river ; but it was half- past two o'clock before the body was found ; in the mean time the hat and stick had been recognized as belonging to allr. Faulkmov—therefore, the friends of that gentleman were fully prepare,, , to find that the body was his ; it was conveyed to the Light Horseman public-house, on the Fulford-road ; and notice being sent to the Coroner, a Jury was immediately summoned. The melancholy news being conveyed to Mr. Downe, Mr.. Faulkner's parner, a handbill,a which the follciwing is a copy, was imtnediately issued : " THEATRE ROYAL, Yoßßee-The public is most respect folly informed, that on account of the awful and sudden death of Mr. Faulkner, the Theatre will be`elosed this evening, and remain so until urther notice.--e April 1, 1826." At six o'clock, the Inquest on the body was held by Mr. Wood, one of the Coroners for the county. Several gentlemen who knew the deceased, and others connected with the - Theatre, were present ; and the following is an abstract of their evidence, taken on the occasion :--- •John Holmes, of North street, gas lighter to the Theatre.• went to the New Walk about two o'clock this afternoon, in, search of the deceased, who had been missing since six o'clock. in the morning. Witness was induced to go, by bearing that a. hat and stick had been found in the Walk. They had a boar and creepere, and found the body in about an hour. Robert Dearlove confirmed the last witness's testimony. He. T, said the deceased was ill some time since at Hull, when witness ' assisted him in and out of bed, and he appeared to be wild ire his conversation, bueneVer otherwise observed any thing like his being insane. . Martin Andews, of the 'I hentre, had known the deceased for' the last twelve years ; and had - frequently observed symptoms .1 of insanity about him. Witness saw him last alive yesterday morning, when deceased said, his Sunderland creditors would:, ~ seize every thing he had, and tomorrow would be his ruin 4, .. - that they had locked up his raizors • and he Pitthis:silk hand- i . kerchief round his neck, and shewedi witness how nicely he could - - 1. - hang himself by the bedside. Whitness argued with him upon /.-....! so rash a step, and at length he became inure composed. le it- nests has reason to know, that there were considerable claims upon him .fro'm ,Sunderland, and that the persons there had been pressing for the last five or six years. The debts were contracted by him and ids partner Mr. Anderson, - zo' long ago as eleven e or twelve year. Robert Hamilton, of the Theatre Royal, has known the de- '. ceased seven or eight months. lie has frequently appeared to t . witness to be delirious. Witness Saw him last night about ten o'clock, and he then appeared to talk very Wildly. -Witness saw him into bed, and did not leave him until he was asleep. Dur ing the conversation, deceased appeared to win - less to be quite derangell. - Verdict—Drowned himself in a fit ofAtivanity. After the Inquest, the corpse was conveyed to Mr. Faulk- . ner's lodgings. He has left tive children, two sons and three : daughters ; two of the latter were residing with him, who were immediately removed to Mr. Downes' house—where they have received every kind attention front Mr. .and Mrs. !, Downe. The other children are at a'boarding-school, at Hull, and the melancholy intelligence has bean conveyed to them by letter. Mr. Faulkner has left a brother, a single gentleman, in , good circumstances, at present residing at Brussels; and, is . sister to the late Mrs. Faulkner, .Miss Browne, at present , resides as companion with Mrs. Avison,• of Liverpool. These!: are the only ,relatives whose residence is known, though "the 0 late Mrs. F. had several brothers, who, it is believed, ar still. The alive. pre-disposing; cause of this rash act on the part of Mr, Faulkner was .undoubtedly pecuniary embarrassMents, amain . from the pressure made upon hint by his creditors in Sunder. i . land, where he for some years managed the Theatre, in con *talon with Mr. Anderson, and where he had contracted debtsii in sotn vo e lv r e a d y i m n e a nts Ch p a e n n e d e i r n y g Di o .rir a n .oon s n,st i tjs d nti o e :eh i ne amount, nmi a osu b na l ir. e iyDtflio ravtnn,dSunderland eaa. tii ' Ithe t , cr y existencelately. r w .1) hadi cl i was lso e b r l e t , .. i . o r g ril l f- . ' to ome,nA ri unknown a a redbar.. c e e f t thiti month. Among his letters were found several dunnia ~ t n y s w :d°l l i l u l t i t i c clt ei r f er i e o o: r ;sfy i e ip : e tolecol l r i list t i esi .o : ne : g d ati n fi e Una d a eli i t tib i l U- t l aSh i n: ie P d :°‘ll r i li t e obt fi li V ftlye c e e u lithi lt a t ihsar h e: t a o tte t l::: e n t ibtl : Se l,:' n :;; , '. , , pate himself, preyed upon a mind already touched with in t: S sanity, add produced that event .which cannot be too much tie plored. ~ W We may. add, that.the!' inanity which affected Mr, Faulk';; ner appears to have been in s ome degree hereditary ; 111 1' ; • father died in a private asylum, at Gateshend, in a Jude b t . mental derangement;. and he himself was nailer ,coniinel' ment some years beck. In fact, we have been informed by: i those who were mist intimate with. him; that his converse '.- tion and conduct displayed evident signs of a disordered in ~ tellect. . We have been thus minute in !dating the particulars of th.is. surviving manager, which we know-to - be most false and un uhnitsfobmeetnnabteusayffiatsirs,bpereczatstitisLrarn‘i,ocroirrt,itetowitlheeiri fist:t,trarritecingtoenogluet4 fotinded ; attriliuting the , derangement under which „Alf Faulkner laboured, and his consequent suicide, to the'effe.c4 4 of :Mr. DowrieN .conduct, - plate-between them. For these reports, we can confidently be, attested by state there is no foundation whatever. The late differen4 ) at Hull did not originate with Mr. Downe; indeed .31t. and the quarrels which tau Faulkner has declared since, (and his declarations csP he *as to blame—and r ' t ' e l t io his w p i n t r e t d ne u rr ciliation between them was cordial and sincere. Since the ! persons arrival at York, Mr. Downe did all in his power to alleviate ti distress of mind underivhich-he' found Mr. Faulkner labouring4' and when he learnt that it arose from pecuniary embartavynal!; he o ff 'ereti him , assimance to the utmost extent of his priv:ll o . means. His landlad heard Mr. F. declare only two clays bt fore his death, that J r.M litiwne had - behaved like a gentled; ll_ to him, and that he was very much obliged-to him for his kin f' ainldhitnhlat dally) elylectohri ness. We hope to hear no more of those rumours which rr. . tend so materially to detract.frour the r e pu t ation of a deserve ~ individual. We understand Mr. Downe has declared that t . children of Mr. Faulkner shall st a nd pre c isely,. in the place , their late father, with respect_ to the. Theatre, and share all . : ! emoluments arising from the concern.CC:concern. , f PAP.I f, J Lllll LEE.—Dr. Poil:rin, the 1101 0 0 1 Catholic liishop of the London di s tri c t, i ll iviNt 'received - ! t he . 8011. of -Lao X 11.,. extending • 1 1 observance . of the Jubilee to the Ca'holics ,r? England, has appointed Sunday next for its cot mencrinent in his. iiibtesp. it will therefore published .in all Catholic (11111)1'1S on that da 1 and u soleinn irevocatiost of the holy Ghost is PI, precede the ordinary service. Its duration i::1 . O . continue for six. months.. looks of instruct 8 and devotion are7already printed for the occasi . 1, t, ------ ---- - - - - -----':,e--.--. - -- i...._.--.-2:-..n.. -- !: - _ -, . - .. - ..: --.- 131 ItTlf. On the Gth inn. in Harley-street, the Lady of T hos. Sotto Cocks, Est. of a daughter. _......:..;. MARRIED. . „.- r Yesterday, at Sr. Mary's, hiz atnbeth, W. Sydney W" , Esq., of Upper Bedford-place. RusselLsquare, to Eliza hoi I, l ip youngest daughter of the late F. R. Holdaworth, Esq.,a( i.lr ham Rise, StYrrey ; and of Dawlish, in the county of Deli , , r, At St. Pancras New Church, on Wednesday, Lieutena 4, Smith, R. N. to Anne A tnelia,eldest daughter of the late Thomas M;les, R.N. - L L • DIED. On the Oth inst. at illackheath, J. Allen, Esq. Of C l 4 Ol Inn. On Friday, the 31at ult.. at the Observatory, Cambailg Ilan*, the wife of allr. Profexsor Woodhouse, and daurw of the late . W. Wilkins, Esq. of Novi'1 1111 "R• • 'di' On Saturday last, a loug and protracted illness. 7 41st year of his age, F. Coupland, Exci., of liunslet, near 149, Yesterday niorrang,in the Igth year of her age, Sara St wife of Mr. .1. N. Gardner, o f Charlotte-street, Iliac k fri ar.,•To4' On the 4th inst. glary Anne, wileof Francis P. Muddr, of diti Royal Regiment or Printed arid PubilAbed fai the PrtOPRICTOIIi, At tbetitil FicE, No. Strand by J. B. I: vtiT4iiis,f